The Green Party believes that fair, safe and environmentally sustainable trade has an important role to play in improving our standard of living and our quality of life.
I am engaged in a campaign to get public support for my the Head of State Referenda Bill, in the first instance to assist its passage at the First Reading in Parliament, so that it can then be considered by the Select Committee.
A truly green party can’t avoid taking stands to the left of both Labour and National when both those parties are reluctant to bring to heel the main corporate despoilers of our environment.
We would like to bring to your attention our strong opposition to the ongoing war in Iraq. We believe invasion of Iraq, led by American and British forces, was contrary to international law, and has been a disaster for the Iraqi people.